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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 1058279, member: 8267&quot;]Design motifs are not always the best criteria for determining the origin of a basket, particularly fairly simple motifs. The materials used, and the techniques of manufacture can be more helpful clues. There are many references for Native American basketry, but it is not as easy to find good sources of information for other areas of the world. The one that [USER=45]@Taupou[/USER] has recommended is a good start, and there is a decent bibliography in the back.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have not been able to find a specific term for the particular coiling stitch used on your basket, (which is frustrating). I can&#039;t find my copy of J. M. Adovasio&#039;s &quot;Basketry Technology: A Guide to Identification and Technology&quot; (1977, Aldine), which might have a unique term (another source of frustration). But it is not a stitch we see much (if at all) in Native American work. It might be helpful in the identification process if you can carefully part some of the stitches and see what the foundation of the coil is made of - whether it is a single rod of something, several rods, or a bundle of fibers.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing George Wharton James did was to introduce a whole generation of crafters to the idea of making their own &quot;Indian baskets&quot;. The field can be complicated by eccentric practitioners of more or less skill, using a variety of non-traditional materials. There is also the more recent complication of deliberate copies of Native American designs being made by artisans from Pakistan and other locations, usually coiled styles.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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